Mouse bandicoot
Species of marsupial
| Mouse bandicoot[1] | |
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Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[2] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Genus: | Microperoryctes |
| Species: | M. murina |
| Binomial name | |
| Microperoryctes murina Stein, 1932 | |
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| Mouse bandicoot range | |
The mouse bandicoot (Microperoryctes murina) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[2]
References
- ^ Groves, C.P. (2005). "Order Peramelemorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Leary, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Bonaccorso, F.J.; Helgen, K.; Seri, L.; Aplin, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L. (2019). "Microperoryctes murina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T13389A21965585. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T13389A21965585.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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Extant Peramelemorphia species by family
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Chordata
- Class Mammalia
- Infraclass Marsupialia
(Bilbies)
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(Bandicoots)
| Isoodon (Short-nosed bandicoots) |
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| Perameles (Long-nosed bandicoots) |
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| Peroryctes (New Guinean long- nosed bandicoots) |
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| Echymipera (New Guinean spiny bandicoots) |
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| Microperoryctes (New Guinean mouse bandicoots) |
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| Rhynchomeles |
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